Japan, Samoa, & Tahiti, 1886, 1890-91 Artist: John La Farge (American, 1835–1910, M.A. (Hon.) 1896)

Medium

Graphite, some pen and ink throughout; black cardboard cover with marbled flyleafs: 87 leaves, 51 filled

Dimensions

closed sketchbook: 4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (11.5 × 17.5 cm)
sheet (single page): 4 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.1 × 16.8 cm)
sheet (open): 4 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (11.1 × 33.7 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2005.64.53

Culture
Period

19th century

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Bibliography
  • Elisabeth Hodermarsky et al., John La Farge's Second Paradise: Voyages in the South Seas, 1890–1891, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2010), 100, 196, 197, 216, no. 59, fig. 142
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